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Archive photographs and illustrations

If you are looking for archive photographs, illustrations from historical records and important Scottish historical documents, try our image library.

Social history

Some of the records in the site can be used for social history. If you are researching particular occupations, the wills and testaments search has a designation field, recording the occupation of many people who left wills or whose testaments were recorded by executors. You can browse a list of occupations in our glossary.

Local history

If you are using the site for local history, a good place to start is our guide on searching by place.